Category: Inspiration

I read this email newsletter for search engine marketing (SEM) called Search Insider. It’s true that SEM is a kind of new, wild, west frontier that is an ever very rapidly changing landscape. This article by Gord Hotchkiss encourages digital marketers to embrace failure/screwing up/mistakes. He gives good advice that applies well beyond search engine …

Roy Choi, chef and owner of Chego restaurant and the Kogi Korean taco trucks in Los Angeles, Axel Koester / Redux Before Kogi, most Los Angeles residents only had only glimpsed food trucks from afar, sitting in a parking lot or next to a construction site. This was in The Daily Beast about Roy Choi, the 41-year-old …

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. Winston Churchill I found this on bNet: Why Failure is the Secret of Your Success by Suzanne Lucas. The idea of failure as a sure path to success is not what a Tiger Mom believes in and that is precisely what I like about …

Made in India is a documentary film that looks at the complex journey of international surrogacy. Is this the next frontier of off-shore outsourcing? “Made in India,” the story of an infertile American couple, an Indian surrogate and the reproductive outsourcing business that brings them together, is a documentary featured in PBS NEWSHOUR’s ongoing series looking …

“The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.” I’ve been thinking about failure since reading this excellent post on Embrace Failure on my favorite children’s literature blog, From the Mixed Up Files of Middle Grade Authors. As an entrepreneur, I embrace failure. It is the surest and quickest path to success. Why? It’s life’s …

I am a little obsessed with the street fashion blog, The Sartorialist. I love it! When I saw this image that Scott Schuman posted on April 11 for a Wayfarer post, I found myself mesmerized by this couple. Who are they? The story I made up in my mind is this: they are famous actors …

Deborah Jiang Stein is not an example that your parents ever gave when they went on and on when you were growing up. Oh sure, you’ve heard stories of every child known to your parents who got into Harvard, went to Johns Hopkins Medical School, and/or won the Academic Decathlon. True, your parents might not …

Quakebook Blog is a Twitter-sourced charity book about how the Japanese Earthquake at 2:46 on March 11, 2011 affected us all with all proceeds benefiting the Japan Red Cross. You can sign up to be notified when the book is released here. The #quakebook (2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japan Earthquake) will be available very soon (within …

Sometimes it helps children to understand tragedy such as the recent devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan by letting them help. Carter’s has set up a charity called Cranes for Kids: Giving Hope to the Children of Japan. It works like this: Through April 25, OshKosh will be collecting the paper cranes that you and your …

Occasionally you’ll run across a tv commercial that’s so good you’re compelled to link it to others and watch it again and again. I recently had the pleasure of watching a tv ad this good, and am posting it here for you to take a look at. Whether you’re in between partypoker sessions or you’re …